(take hurriedly)
1take a powder — {v. phr.}, {slang} To leave hurriedly; run out or away; desert, flee. * /All the gang except one had taken a powder when the police arrived./ …
2take a powder — {v. phr.}, {slang} To leave hurriedly; run out or away; desert, flee. * /All the gang except one had taken a powder when the police arrived./ …
3take a powder — verb disappear without notifying anyone (idiom) • Syn: ↑skip town • Hypernyms: ↑disappear, ↑vanish, ↑go away • Verb Frames: Somebody s * …
4take a powder — to leave hurriedly to avoid an obligation or publicity Alluding to the rapid departure necessitated after taking a laxative. It may refer to checking out of a hotel without paying, deserting a spouse, running away in battle, avoiding the… …
5take a powder — phrasal to leave hurriedly …
6take\ a\ powder — v. phr. slang To leave hurriedly; run out or away; desert, flee. All the gang except one had taken a powder when the police arrived …
7take a powder — idi sts Slang. to leave hurriedly, esp. without permission; run away. Etymology: 1625–35; orig. uncert …
8international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …
9Legal status of Salvia divinorum — ] In such places where Salvia divinorum legislation exists, it varies in its prohibitive degree from country to country. Australia has imposed its strictest Schedule 9 (US Schedule I equivalent) classification for example, and Italy has also… …
10Tulsa race riot — Infobox civilian attack title = Tulsa Race Riot caption = Buildings burning during the Tulsa race riot of 1921 location = Racially segregated Black Wall Street of Tulsa, Oklahoma date = May 31 June 1, 1921 time = timezone = type = fatalities = 39 …
